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TABLE 7 (Continued) 



Soybean 

 Grain 

 Foliage 



Native vegetation 



Native vegetation 



10-" 

 10-^ 



released <3 mCi total 

 plutonium per yr; 1 to 

 3 pCi/g (soil) of total 

 plutonium; 90-977o of 

 contamination was external. 



Grown on a field adjacent to 

 a reprocessing facility 

 at SRP which aerially 

 released <3 mCi total 

 plutonium per yr; 1 to 

 3 pCi/g (soU) of 

 total plutonium; 90- 

 97% of contamination 

 was external. 



10-' to 10" 



Mass., on Cape Cod; 

 top 30 cm of soil 

 had6fCi/g2^''"'°Pu; 

 crops shielded from 

 direct deposition or 

 resuspension. 



Tree foliage, shrubs, and 

 herbaceous samples collected 

 from an area adjacent to a 

 reprocessing plant at SRP. 



10-" to 10-' 



Adriano, Corey, 

 and Dahlman, 

 this volume 



Adriano, Corey, 

 and Dahlman, 

 this volume 



Hardy, Bennett, 

 and Alexander, 

 1977 



Unpublished SRP 

 data. 



Koranda et al., 

 1973 



Leaves of nonedible 

 perennials, messerschmidia, 

 scavola, and pandanas 

 native to Enewetak AtoU; 

 coral sandy soil. 



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